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  1. Just a mix up folks on Samsung Plans To Give Up Authoritarian Ways, Act Like a Startup · · Score: 0

    ...meant to say they had ordered a bunch of GALANT desks from ikea and now have an employee rule in the handbook forcing them to live in his or her car (and blog about it) one day a month minimum.

  2. Re:On the money. on The State of Slashdot: Https, Poll Changes, Auto-Refresh, Videos, and More · · Score: 1

    *spirits

    On second thought maybe adding spellcheck :-D I kid I kid.
    Thanks again!

  3. On the money. on The State of Slashdot: Https, Poll Changes, Auto-Refresh, Videos, and More · · Score: 1

    Changes done right, and quickly have noticeably raised spirited on the site. Thanks for all of the hard work that is welcomed by the community. 3 /. and your feedback look with us whipslash

  4. [solved] on YouTube Shows Adblock Plus Users an Error Message Instead of Ads · · Score: 1

    Whitelist youtube.com and problem solved. Added bonus is you get to support your favourite youtubers when you watch a monetized video. They're not that bad. And they let you skip at 5 seconds anyway if it isn't relevant to you.

  5. It seems to me that it is a sort of preventative measure against bad press in the future. Take away any expectation of privacy when you are using a device and they explicitly state this, then you can't really be upset in a year when the police pick up your kindle plug it in and see you've been googling 'best way to cut up a body'.

    Look at the Apple situation, there is no way for them to come out clean on this. Either they 1. already had a backdoor, 2. are going to lie about helping them get int 3. left some vulnerability that the FBI will exploit to read the phone anyway..you get the picture. I'm all for the fact that their initial reaction was to push back but the goodwill generated by that will only take them so far.

    Now I don't agree with what Amazon did at all--I actually won't be happy until there is a smart-card adapter for every piece of communication/information system equipment in the world--but I can see how the move is beneficial for them. In 1 news cycle no one will care while Apple still has years and years of this tomfoolery to deal with.

  6. Re:Lose them all on Should the US Change Metal Coins? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't other game systems just have you buy 'tokens' in $10 or $20 chunks. I thought it was shown* that spending '1 token' vice '$arbitrary amount' made it easier to justify buying something you otherwise would not have, as your brain doesn't event attempt any conversion process that would show how much you are actually paying for a game or song.

    *Can't be arsed to look for that source...or I made it up I can't recall :-)

  7. Re:Samzenpus got hit in the head this morning on Clinton Plan To Power Every US Home With Renewables By 2027 Is Achievable · · Score: 1

    You realize you are decrying anecdote while countering with generalization, right? I love watching a good political argument, but it is a little difficult to get into when you both arrive to the field of contest unarmed.

  8. Re:If you think Windows is bad on Mozilla CEO: Windows 10 Strips User Choice For Browsers and Other Software · · Score: 1

    Since its release I haven't even opened the iOS Safari. Chrome is amazing. Giving yourself a while of forcing yourself to use it and all of the gestures and buttons and workflow will become natural before long.

  9. undo mod please ignore on Bug Exposes OpenSSH Servers To Brute-Force Password Guessing Attacks · · Score: 1

    undoing a bad mod.

  10. Re:The problem is GAN1/4 on Skype Translate Reportedly Has a Swearing Problem In Chinese · · Score: 2

    I imagine it was probably just an error message. Talking with someone from beijing and all skype got was 'er 'er'r'er'rr'er'er'er'er'er'er so the software just said fuck it!

  11. Re:nothing new under the sun on Affair Site Hackers Threaten Release of All User Data Unless It Closes · · Score: 1

    And if the comment was phrased the opposite direction would you be upset that it implies only men cheat? Or are you just bent out of shape because someone organized a comment for brevity and you have a lot of time to kill?

  12. Word choice on Spurious Drones Buzzing Around Spanish Royal Palace · · Score: 1

    Now that we've diluted the meaning of drone, in just reading the summary--or what a news soundbite would be in traditional media--I'm not sure if we should be worried about some youtube name releasing neat footage of night shots of the spanish palace or if we should start preparing for news to come of some form of state sponsored attack against the royal family.

  13. Re:If Apple owns the patent on Apple Patents Bank Account Balance Snooping Tech · · Score: 1

    That's a fair point. It very much feels like patent abuse to obtain if the sole purpose is to deny the technique to competitors but this is the good that comes with the bad of having such lax patent awarding requirements.

  14. Re:360 degrees is not what you think it is on Apple Patents Bank Account Balance Snooping Tech · · Score: 1

    Freudian slip.

  15. Insurance on Google Self-Driving Car Rear-Ended In First Injury Accident · · Score: 1

    I would love to see the insurance claims and process for these accidents. Also seeing how the at-fault humans feel at being bested by a computer and how the insurance companies are handling such a clear fault of their customer while they are on the hook for damages.

  16. Cert-based Degree on Are Certifications Worth the Time and Money? · · Score: 1

    How do most people view colleges such as Western Governors University (the only one I can think of actually) that have aligned their degree programs along certification tracks? They award a degree after the basic college courses (math, composition, etc) are accomplished and the student accomplishes so many certifications related to the degree. I thought it was a novel approach to a blended cert-based experience and school degree showing ability to finish a school program. So a graduate walks away with a B.S. in IT Security and CCNA, CCNA Sec, A+, Net+, Sec+, Project+, Linux+ and a few others. That may be the most 'vanilla' of the degree programs there.

  17. Psychopharmacologists on Common Medications Sway Moral Judgment · · Score: 1

    Maybe they keep doing research like this and eventually SSRIs won't be the first line treatment for anything and everything. I've trialled nearly _every_ damn SSRI with terrible side effects and with no intended effect over the last few years. Then with a change of doctor due to him leaving that office, the new doc says "Well I see you've tried SSRI X before, but what if we try it at a different dose this time. Or if that doesn't work we can try SSRI Y and we'll add in Wellbutrin to mitigate the side effects. The drug reps must be really fucking good at their jobs...or maybe psychiatrists know almost nothing about what they are shoving down my throat. When I say "Every morning when I take this pill, for the next 2 hours I have 6/10 level shocks from my head down my spine. Can we please stop this and try something different?" and every single doctors response is 'Well I've never heard about that being caused by this med. Maybe we should just lower your dose and step you up more slowly...' Nevermind the fact that even a cursory google search about "painful zinging down spine on medication X" has a billion pages of forum posts showing that it is pretty common. I wish my head wasn't this broken because I would never step foot into a psychiatrists office again.

  18. How is this a surprise? on Mechanical 'Clicky' Keyboards Still Have Followers (Video) · · Score: 2

    There has been a near continuous stream of articles, videos, advertisement, and reviews of mechanical keyboards coming out over the last few years. They only 'went out of style' because they stopped making new models for a few years. That only lasted until the keyboard manufacturers saw how much we were paying for model Ms and wanted back in on the action.

  19. Hiring BACK in on US Military To Recruit Civilian Cybersecurity Experts · · Score: 1

    This is a system that will work for a very big difference in how hiring just any ol tom dick or harry cybersecurity guy. You find those disillusioned ex-mil folks who are classically trained in cyber warfare (through either previous experience in that field) AND who have been in a military service component of some type. They will be easier to 'bring into the fold' of daily business while still exceeding the technical requirements and demands of such a mission. They won't care what the mission is, but they understand that the mission is what is is, and must be accomplished. Marry that with a strong technical background, and you have someone that wild deliver the capabilities you require, even if they don't care why. If they don't actively hold any of the mission objectives as opposing viewpoints you are golden.

  20. Re:So Where Are You Now, NSA? on Islamic State Doxes US Soldiers, Airmen, Calls On Supporters To Kill Them · · Score: 1

    You're right. They should immediately reveals their sources and methods to the public and ISIS by saying how much they know about these posts...I mean if they never want to be able to use those sources and methods again.

  21. Re:mess with their data on Looking Up Symptoms Online? These Companies Are Tracking You · · Score: 1

    Use it to your advantage too. Search for: "I feel too healthy" or "Why do I never get sick?"

  22. ALL OF THEM!

  23. Re:90 days may be a little short on Google Releases More Windows Bugs · · Score: 1

    This allows a company to devote minimal resources to these bugs as long as they tell the would-be-disclosing-org that "something" is "in the works." Nevermind that every bug ever submitted is in Phil's queue and he has a backlog of 2 years. It is still in the works! What more can google want from us?!

  24. Re:Evil corporation cage match! on Google Releases More Windows Bugs · · Score: 1

    Then don't use google. Dammit people this isn't victim shaming, you are explicitly choosing to use google services, google ad supported web sites, and agreeing to their terms when you do so. Access to information may be a basic human right, but being given access to a private company's indexed version of that is not.

    Also they don't sell your information, they sell your viewership. They are the endpoint advertising agency not a separate company collecting and providing data to an advertising company.

  25. Re:And that people... on Steam For Linux Bug Wipes Out All of a User's Files · · Score: 1

    Interesting concept. Is there any backup solution that implements this? Google's results are less than helpful since all of the search terms are so common in all applications that manage backups or sandbox users per program.